General aviation field
Granby Grand County Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,001 ft
- Field elevation
- 8,203 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.09, -105.92
Granby Grand County Airport's 5,001 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and at 8,203 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 67 miles away.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 67 mi39 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 78 mi41 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 348 mi1 h 27 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 474 mi1 h 49 mfrom $3,373one way, all‑in indicative
- 491 mi1 h 52 mfrom $3,496one way, all‑in indicative
- 556 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,954one way, all‑in indicative
- 573 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,077one way, all‑in indicative
- 709 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,043one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,302 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~4,112 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,249 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,963 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,609 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~4,000 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,461 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,436 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,825 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.